Prof. Hussain Rammal

Hussain Rammal is Director of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and coordinator for the Bachelor of Business – International Business programs. He is Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at UTS Business School and a Research Associate of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney. He was previously the coordinator for the Higher Degrees by Research program in the Management department between 2016-2018.

Hussain is co-editor-in-chief of the Review of International Business and Strategy journal published by Emerald, and the founding editor of the book series Emerging Issues in International Business and Global Strategy, published by World Scientific. He is the Real Impact Editor (Oceania) for the Journal of Knowledge Management and serves on the editorial boards of leading journals including International Business Review, and Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal. Hussain is also co-moderator of the Academy of Management’s International Management division Connect site.

Before joining UTS, Hussain held positions at the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. He holds a visiting position at the University of Bologna in Italy and has been a visiting research scholar at the University of Aberdeen Business School in Scotland and Aalto University in Finland.

Hussain was one of the Chief Investigators (CI) on the study titled: “Australia and the European Union: A study of a changing trade and business relationship”. The study was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) funded linkage projects. He has also authored reports for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, and the Export Council of Australia.

Hussain’s current research interests focus on the internationalization of service firms and cross-border movement of professionals; international business negotiations in Asia; the role of the State in the internationalization process (in particular the Belt and Road initiative) and intra-organization transfer of tacit knowledge.